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Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 10 Oct. 1848 -12 Oct. 1848, Bristol

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Event Details

Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Bristol
County: Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Theatre Royal, Bristol

Date

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Date notes
Tuesday, Thursday


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  • University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (TR Bristol) - October 10-12, 1848:
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s ‘Juba’”, “G.W. Pell”
    • Days & Times: “Tuesday and Thursday” (Oct. 10 & 12, 1848)
    • Venue Name: “Theatre-Royal, Bristol”
    • Program Info: “a concert”
    • Other: benefit (Pell – Thursday), performance time, ticket info, other (surrounding events at venue)
  • Bristol Mirror October 7, 1848: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: Ethiopian Serenaders
    • Performers Listed: G.W. Pell
    • Days & Times: Tuesday, Thursday (coming)
    • Venue Name: Theatre Royal (Bristol)
    • Other: benefit (Thursday, Pell), other (surrounding acts at venue)
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/8: Entry for October 10, 1848:
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Dramatic
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: Boz’s Juba
    • Days & Times: Tuesday, October 10th, 1848
    • Venue Name: Theatre Royal
    • Program Info: Three Part Entertainment (Songs, Choruses, Orchestral Pieces; ending with “Marriage Festival & Plantation Dances…Boz’s Juba”
  • Bristol Gazette October 12, 1848: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Dramatic
    • Performers Listed: Boz’s Juba, G.W. Pell, ‘bones’.
    • Days & Times: Thursday, October 12th, 1848
    • Venue Name: Theatre Royal
    • Program Info: Marriage Festival & Plantation Dances – Troupe including Boz’s Juba, Corn Husking Dance … Boz’s Juba”
    • Other: benefit (Pell)
  • Bristol Mirror October 7, 1848: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”
    • Days & Times: “next week”
    • Venue Name: “The Theatre”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Mr. Wright, from the Adelphi” (though he may have performed on different nights than Juba)
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/4: Playbill, October 10, 1848:
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s ‘Juba’”
    • Days & Times: “For Two Nights More”
    • Venue Name: “The Theatre”
    • Program Info: A Three-Part Entertainment of Orchestral Pieces, Songs and Choruses, Ending with the “Marriage Festival and Plantations Dances, (Original) … Boz’s Juba”
    • Other: description/review